by David West | Sep 23, 2025 | News
I’ve posted about South America a few times, such as Rio de Janeiro and Inca Gold, and here we go again. On the 23rd of September, 1973, a general election in Argentina returned Juan Perón to the presidency for the third time. He was certainly very popular, and for...
by David West | Sep 22, 2025 | News
On the 22nd of September, 1359, an Aragonese cavalry force defeated a superior Castilian cavalry force at the Battle of Araviana during the War of the Two Peters. The War of the Two Peters, fought between 1356 and 1375, was a protracted conflict that embroiled the...
by David West | Sep 21, 2025 | News
On the 21st of September, 1937, J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit was published. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, known widely as J.R.R. Tolkien, was an eminent English writer, philologist, and academic, celebrated for his timeless contributions to the world of literature. Born...
by David West | Sep 20, 2025 | News
The chancellor of the University of Oxford is elected by a vote of graduates, as is the University Poet. In 2015 my college’s senior tutor in English urged us to vote for Wole Soyinka as the next University Poet. I read a selection of poems by the candidates, who...
by David West | Sep 20, 2025 | News
On the 20th of September, 1854, British and French forces defeated the Russians at the Battle of Alma. This was a pivotal engagement during the Crimean War, which saw an alliance of British, French, and Ottoman Empire forces pitted against the Russian Empire. This...
